Tiger kills farmer in Pilibhit, 2nd fatal attack in area in 5 days
Pilibhit: A tiger killed a 45-year-old farmer in Pilibhit on Sunday afternoon, the second such fatal attack in the district's
Seramau North
area within five days. Ram Prasad, a resident of Chatipur village, was attacked while he was irrigating his sugarcane field near Haripur Kishanpur village around 4.30pm, causing panic in the nearby villages and fresh resentment towards forest authorities.
Local farmers working in adjacent plots said the animal pounced on him suddenly. By the time they rushed to help, the tiger had already killed him and retreated into the jungle. In protest, villagers staged a demonstration against the forest department and accused officials of indifference and negligence.
On Tuesday, 50-year-old Hansraj from Nazirgang village was mauled to death while irrigating his field around 10pm.
His son and several villagers witnessed the tiger feeding on parts of his body. Both incidents occurred within a 200-metre radius of the Khutar forest range in Shahjahanpur district, which shares a boundary with Pilibhit.
Locals claim that a tigress and a tiger have been roaming the area for nearly a month. Despite alerting the forest department multiple times, villagers said officials took no action to secure the area or warn residents.
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Assistant conservator of forest, Shahjahanpur, Sushil Kumar said, "We are trying to pacify the villagers so the body can be sent for autopsy." He added that five field teams had been tracking the tiger's movement since Hansraj's death and that over six camera traps were already installed in the area.
Kumar admitted that the field where Ram Prasad was attacked lay remarkably close to the forest. He said the number of field teams and camera traps would be increased to step up monitoring and combing operations.
However, the forest department is yet to confirm if the same tiger was responsible for both killings. Kumar said the animal involved in Tuesday's attack had not been identified, and investigations were ongoing to determine whether one or more tigers were involved.
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